Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau was among world leaders in support of the strikes

Jeremy Corbyn plunged Labour deeper into chaos by saying the attacks came at “the wrong time” just hours before the Stop the War coalition he used to chair met for an anti-Trump protest outside Downing Street.

Russia warned the damage to relations with American could be “irreparable” and revealed it was scrapping a "safe-air" agreement designed to prevent incidents in the skies above Syria.

Around 100 Syrian men, women and children are thought to have died in the horrific Sarin gas attack in a village in a rebel-held province of Idlib on Tuesday.

Michael Fallon yesterday said the US had tried to seek a diplomatic response but that he believed Syria would ignore any United Nations resolution.

Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson – due to fly to Russia on Sunday – said: “I fully support US action after deplorable chemical attacks”.

Taking to Twitter, former Chancellor George Osborne said the attacks were a chance for the Commons to “make amends” for the “terrible” 2013 vote when Labour’s Ed Miliband led a revolt over plans to attack the Assad regime.

Mr Osborne wrote: “So it takes Donald Trump to re-establish the West’s 100 year-old redline against the abhorrent use of chemical weapons.”

Ed Miliband refused interview requests yesterday – but is due to appear on Channel 4 comedy show The Last Leg tonight.